Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The home ministry has allowed followers of Maulana Saad Kandhalvi to hold the second phase of Biswa Ijtema on the Turag River bank at Gazipur's Tongi on condition that the group will not organise Ijtema or conduct Tablighi activities there from next year.

The decision was announced in a notification signed by the ministry's Public Security Division Deputy Secretary Abu Sayeed on Tuesday.

According to the notification, Saad's followers can organise this year's second phase of the Ijtema from Feb 14 to 16,

It also outlined three decisions for the successful implementation of Biswa Ijtema 2025:

1. Tablighi Jamaat's Shura-e-Nezam faction (led by Maulana Mohammad Zubair) will conclude their Ijtema on Feb 5, after which the...